The settlers in Massachusetts looked upon themselves as moral and religious people. ... They had a strict moral code and violators were handed bizarre punishments. ... But, it was more a case of the colony leader's own law rather than God's moral law. The Puritans believed that if one member of their group suffered guilt, then the whole group must suffer along with that person or persons. ... Generally adulterers were forced to wear the letter A sewed on their clothes and counterfeiters wore the letter C (Hemlines 140). ...

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